Instead, he skated to the other end of the rink and scored in overtime to give Milwaukee a 3-2 victory over Texas on Wednesday at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.

Milwaukee remains the only team in the AHL without a loss in regulation despite trailing, 2-0, for the third straight game.

In fact, the team has now allowed the first goal in the last five games. But that hasn't stopped the Admirals from earning points in each of their first six contests for their best start since an 11-game point streak opened the 2002 season.

"We talked to the group that we have to evaluate what we're doing as a coaching staff to prepare the guys," Milwaukee coach Dean Evason said. "And they have to internally look at — individually — what they're doing to prepare. And then collectively as a group what we were doing yesterday and obviously today in preparing for the game.

"We praised them for certainly not giving up and continuing to push forward. But we have to be better at the start of hockey games, no question. We can't continually do this all year. It's going to bite us, for sure."

Texas was controlling the puck in the Milwaukee zone for quite some time, helped by a turnover by Van Guilder.

"I was just thinking, play a whole shift in your defensive zone and turn the puck over?" Van Guilder said. "So I was like, 'Maybe I can make up for it on the other end.' I'm glad I stayed out there."

Patrick Cehlin eventually stole the puck from Texas' Jyrki Jokipakka, skated ahead and somehow managed to squeeze it between two Stars' players near the inside of the right circle.

Cehlin skated toward the left circle to retrieve the sliding puck and tapped a short pass to Charles-Olivier Roussel, who rifled a shot from the slot off the left leg of goalie Cristopher Nilstorp.

Van Guilder swatted in the rebound from the right crease, just ahead of Jokipakka's swinging stick and about 10 seconds after Texas was playing keep away from Milwaukee on the other end.

"It seemed like they were just snapping it around, just cycling it in our end, for about a minute. Maybe more," Van Guilder said. "That's a long minute when you're just chasing guys around."

Milwaukee's first goal came with 14:57 left in the third period when Anthony Bitetto scored to trim the deficit to 2-1.

Joonas Rask skated with the puck to the middle of the right circle, patiently waiting for a passing lane to open. Rask then found Bitetto skating through the slot, where he scored past the right side of Nilstorp.

The score became 2-2 with 5:50 remaining on an Austin Watson goal.

Mathieu Tousignant retrieved the puck in the right corner and shoveled a backhanded pass to Watson at the front of the crease, where he slammed it in past Rask and Nilstorp.

Texas held a 2-0 lead with 6:32 left in the first after goals by Colton Sceviour (power play) and Brett Ritchie.

Milwaukee has been outscored, 7-1, in the first periods this season. But the team has outscored its opponents, 13-4, in the final two periods.